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Windows 7: Compare Windows 7 Editions

Gee? I'm hearing from a few with 12gb installed saying it was a waste! That's mainly from not having anything on that uses more then 3gb total. As far as resources any edition of 7 takes on both predacessors XP and Vista there.

At this time the preorder discounts and the family value packs are directed at the Home Premium and certainly the Professional edition with the preorders there. MS is holding off on any bargains for the Ultimate editions in order to promote the HP and Pro.

The Starter edition doesn't require much to start with mainly intended for portable application like Netbooks and basics for certain regions. The Basic edition seen with Vista is no longer seen for 7 as well.

For desktop, laptop, and then even business, commercial applications you would make the selection based on the information seen there when comparing the particulars for each. Shawn has done a far better job here listing all the differences to notes on compared to the MS page for that which is quite limited simply to save space on the MS page for other things apparently.

Windows 7 64-bit editions.Is there anything that I should know about 64-bit versions of Windows 7?
I'm experiencing alot of LAG while playing Left 4 Dead 1 & 2.
They both worked fine on Vista 32-bit.
Anything unique about 64-bit that I should know about?

How Many Editions Of Windows 7?The most likely scenario is that Microsoft will release about the same editions that shipped at the release of Windows Vista. Screenshots of current Windows 7 builds display the version that Microsoft is shipping to its partners as Windows 7 Ultimate which could be a hint that we will see a Windows...